The Challenge of Crime

Rethinking Our Response

Henry Ruth

Kevin R. Reitz

    List of Figures

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    1. Crime and Punishment: A Brief American History

    2. Knowledge and Assessment

    3. The Current Era of Crime Response Policy

    4. Prisons and Jails

    5. Public and Private Paths to Security from Crime

    6. Guns, Crime, and Crime Gun Regulation

    7. Crime, Alcohol, and Illegal Drugs

    8. Juvenile Crime

    The Future

    Notes

    Index

  • Cover: The Challenge of Crime
  • A photo of the author

Author photo: Robert Adkinson

Henry Ruth has served in many criminal justice roles, including the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, the Deputy Attorney General's Office of the U.S. Department of Justice, and President Lyndon Johnson's National Crime Commission.

Kevin R. Reitz is Professor of Law, University of Colorado.